Recent content by austinpow

Wow. Okay, goals. I can see where I was too equipment-list-oriented. We have a true theatre, except our electric battens are hung from creepingly slow cable hoists instead of a proper fly system. We have usual spoken-word assemblies, band concerts aided by a flown band shell and some...

Wow! I'm thrilled by these responses. I knew I was coming to the right place for advice. We're really looking for someone to tune the existing system, and then if justified make equipment reccomendations or suggest changes to our existing systen, such as adjusting the angle of the existing...

I'm lead student technician for an 840-seat public high school theatre that opened in 2004. Sadly, some of the equipment installed with the building was lowest-bid junk. We have some alumni donating money to upgrade several systems, including our sound equipment. (I'll probably be asking about...

If only I could use fog like that in my theatre... I lit (and acted in, actually) a production of Midsummer last year. In a departure from what had been the usual "fill the stage with white light and add a few color specials if needed" strategy, I plotted out everything and was able to...

Hello! I've lurked around here for some time, and a week ago decided to finally create an account and begin posting. Well, now that the account activation email system seems to be working again, I can finally do that!I'm a largely self-taught lighting designer, sound engineer, and...